Bread-slicer.



A/P. WBLLMAN.

BREAD sLIcBR.

ALFRED F. WELLMAN, OF CINCIUNNATI, OHIO.

BREAD-SLICER.

Application led February 4, 1913.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, ALFRED F. WELLMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cincinnati., in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio,have invented new and useful Improvements in Bread Slicers, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to cutting and slicing devices of that classwhich are provided with a knife guide and with a gage member todetermine the thickness of the slices.

One object ofthe invention is to provide a simple and eflicient knifeguide composed of two angle members, one stationary and the otheradjustable so as to be readily adjusted to the exact thickness of theknife blade that is being used, thereby preventing wabbling of the bladewhich would result in the cutting of uneven and irregular slices.

A further object of the invention is to provide a simple and effectivegage member which may be easily and precisely adjusted to produce slicesof a predetermined thickness, thus enabling a loaf of a given length tobe cut into a predetermined number of slices of equal thickness.

A further object of the invention is to produce a simple and improvedconstruction which will insure that the loaf will be cut entirelythrough at each operation and without a special effort on the part ofthe operator.

With these and other ends in view which will readily appear as thenatureof the invention is better understood, the same consists in the improvedconstruction and novel arrangement and combination of parts which willbe hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in theclaim.

In the accompanying drawing has been illustrated a simple and preferredform of the invention, it being, however, understood that no limitationis necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited,but that changes, alterations and modifications within the scope of theclaim may be resorted to when desired.

In the drawing,-Figure l is a perspective view of a bread cutting deviceconstructed in accordance with the invention, as seen from the front.Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the device as seen from the rear. Fig. 3is a sectional detail view of the knife Sharpener.

Corresponding parts in the several fig- Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 29, 1914.

serieu No. 746,212.

ures are denoted by like characters of reference.

The bread board l is provided at one end thereof with a recess ordownwardly offset portion 2 forming a shoulder 3 that extendstransversely across the board. Mounted securely on the front edge of theboard adj af cent to one end of the shoulder 3 are the knife guideswhich consist of angle plates 4 and 4 of L-shape in cross section, oneof said angle plates, 4, being firmly and permanently secured on theedge of the board, while the other angle plate, 4, is provided with aslot 5 for the passage of fastening members, such as screws 6, wherebysaid angle plate, while it is held securely against.

tilting, may be adjusted with respect to the angle plate 4 so astopermit a knife blade of any desired thickness to pass between theopposed forwardly extending {ianges 7, 7 of said angle plates. Theflanges 7, 7 are slightly beveled at their upper ends, as shown at 8, 8,to permit a knife blade to be readily inserted therebetween, such bladebeing guided by said flanges across the board and substantially at rightangles to the front edge thereof. Inasmuch as the blades of carvingknives vary considerably in thickness, it is obviously important thatthe distance between the guide flanges 7, 7 may be varied to enable ablade of any thickness to be guided firmly and accurately at a constantangle with respect to the front edge of the board. The knife guides areso positioned that the space therebetween coincides with the depressedor recessed portion of the bread board just adjacent to the shoulder 3,thus permitting the edge of the knife blade to drop below the level ofthe raised portion of the bread board, thus enabling a loaf that issupported on said raised portion to be completely severed withoutspecial effort on the part of the operator. The raised portion of thebread board is provided at its front edge with an upwardly extendingflange 9 in engagement with which the loaf may be guided.

A gage member is provided, the same consisting of an angle plate 10 of alength equal to the width of the bread board, but said angle plate beingsupported on the recessed portion 2 of said board with its upstandingflange 10 in parallel relation to the shoulder or offset 3. The plate 10is provided at its rear end with a downturned lip l1 abutllO ting on therear edge of the board 1, and said plate 10 is provided at its front end"with an upturned lip 12 which is substantially iiushv 'the passage offastening members such as screws, one of which, 13, engages the edge ofthe bread board through the slot 11', while the other set screw 14engages the knife guide member 4 through the slot 12.

` The upstanding lip 12 serves to give additional strength and stabilityto the adjustable knife guide memberl 4c', and the adjustment of saidmember, when needed, will not be interfered with, but may be effectedindependently of the guide member by loosensov ing the screws 13 and 14,and as will readily be understood.

At one corner of the bread board is mounted a sharpening deviceconsisting of a block 16 having a beveled recess 17 and a shank 1S,whereby it may be fitted in a recess 19 in the board 1, near one cornerthereof. The block 16, which has been shown as of cylindrical shape, isalso provided with a vertical axial aperture 20 wherein the lower end ofan abrading member, such as a hone or a carving steel may be supported,as indi cated at 21, in Fig. 3, said hone or steel projecting upwardlybetween the walls of the beveled recess 17, thus enabling a knife bladeto be drawn between the abrading member and the walls of the recess forthe purpose of sharpening the edge, as will be readily understood. v

The improved cutting device, as will be seen from the foregoingdescription, is extremely simple in construction and may be` produced ata moderate expense. By the use thereof a loaf may be cut into slices ofeven shape and of equal dimensions with vgreat facility and with noundue effort on the` part of the operator. j Y

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is

A bread slicer comprising a board, a loaf guide located at the edge ofthe. board, knife guides located atthe same edge of the board as that atwhich the loaf guide is mounted,. one of the said knife guides beingvfixed tof` the board at the end ofthe loaf guide and the other knifeguide beingmounted on the board for adjustment with relation to the Xedknife guide, both of said knife guides als throughout the major portionof the vertical length being rectangular in transverse section, and eachknife guide having a pori tion which stands out from the adjacent edgeofthe board at a right angle thereto.

In testimony whereof I aflixmy signature. u l

in presence of two witnesses.

ALFRED F. WELLMAN. j

Vitnesses: Y Y l OsoAn W. KUHN, MORGAN VAN MATER.

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